But while that game was taking place over at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, fans in Greater Victoria were sitting on the edge of their seats for two quarterfinal games at the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre.

First to hit the ice on Wednesday was Sweden facing off against Switzerland. Undefeated in preliminary play, Sweden was favoured to win over Switzerland, who had one win, two losses, and an overtime loss.

Both Yannick Bruschweiler and Luca Wyss scored to help the Swiss pull off the 2-0 upset and advance to the semifinals for the first time since 2010.

Between the pipes, Luca Hollenstein posted a 41-save shutout for Switzerland.

Later in the afternoon, the United States faced off against the Czech Republic during the final game to be played in Victoria during the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championships.

After preliminary play, the US had three wins and one overtime loss while the Czech Republic had two wins and two losses.

Team USA logged a goal in each period with Noah Cates, Josh Norris and Sasha Chmelevski each scoring to send the Americans to the semifinals with a 3-1 win. Martin Kaut had the lone marker for the Czechs in the third.